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Podcast: This Is Nashville
Episode: Keeping our communities safe
Description: Everyone wants to live in a safe community. The big question is, what is the best way to prevent violence?
The 2020 murder of George Floyd created new urgency across the country to find alternatives to policing. Nashville was no exception. Over the past few years, one local anti-violence group, Gideon’s Army, has been trying out one approach called violence interruption. The approach treats violence like an infectious disease and takes a community-based approach to public safety. On today’s episode, we’ll hear how this approach has been going.
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